Gym fanatic, 56, spends £18,000 a year on cosmetic ops and grooming – to stop his younger wife from getting FAT

The dad-of-two flies from Sweden to London EVERY MONTH... just to get his hair done

by josie griffiths

1st August 2016, 7:22 pm

Updated: 2nd August 2016, 2:49 am

A GYM-obsessed bloke who forks out £18,600-a-year on fitness and beauty says he has to carry ID to prove he's over-age, despite being in his 50s.

Donavon Nelson, from London’s Canary Wharf, has spent thousands on cosmetic surgery, and also has a rigorous fitness and grooming regime.

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'At least I know if she ever leaves me I can still go on the market, I won’t be left on the shelf'

He says it’s all in a bid to force his long-suffering wife Anna, who is 21 years his junior, to maintain her figure and stop her getting FAT.

The 56-year-old spends three and a half hours a day making himself look buff – and was once stopped from boarding a flight because airport staff thought the age on his passport was FAKE.

Donavon, who runs Scandinavian Boot Camp, uses three different personal trainers and swipes his 35-year-old wife's Clinique cleanser - but he claims it's to keep HER looking good.

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Donavon spends £2,7k-a-year on his HAIR

The honed hunk said: "With my wife being 21 years younger than me, I want to maintain my body.

"At least I know if she ever leaves me I can still go on the market, I won't be left on the shelf.

"But it also creates pressure for her to keep fit - fitness is very important to me."

"You don't want to marry one wife and find you get one free years down the line when they're twice the size.

"The whole idea is to try and keep them the same way that turned you on when you first met."

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'It’s embarrassing when I get turned away when I want to go out or buy alcohol'

Donavon looks so young he claims he still has to carry his ID around - even though he's legally been allowed to drink for nearly FORTY years.

Donavon said: "I was on holiday in Thailand a few years ago and I was held up by border control for three hours.

"They had to wait for the UK office to open so they could check if my passport had been stolen because they couldn't believe my age.

"I also went to Tramps in London last year and they thought I was trying to get in on my father's membership and asked me if I had a second ID.

"It's embarrassing when I get turned away when I want to go out or buy alcohol.

"I'm used to it now."

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'You don’t want to marry one wife and find you get one free years down the line when they’re twice the size'

Donavon's wife Anna said his strict regime gives her a ‘kick up the bum’ to stay on top of her own fitness.

The journalist refuses to get her own personal trainer, but she still works out three times a week.

Anna said: "I do pig out occasionally.

"Sometimes I'll have no motivation to go to the gym and he'll be out training.

"I just think, 'I'm getting fatter while he's getting fitter'.

"It's like I'm the older one and he's the younger one.

"I think everybody should have someone who motivates them to go to the gym.

"At the time I might think, 'Oh God he's on at me again', but once I've gone to the gym I feel fantastic."

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'It keeps my wife on her toes when she sees these young girls flirting with me'

Looking this good doesn't come cheap - or easy - for vanity-obsessed Donavon, who spends £300-a-week on personal trainers and £175-a-month on his hair.

He even flies over from Sweden to Kensington to get his hair done, taking the total annual spend on his hair to £2,700.

The stud also spends 20 minutes cleaning his TEETH each morning, making sure he brushes thoroughly before flossing and using mouthwash.

He admits he hates the strict regime, but endures it because he wants to be the ‘trendiest dad on the playground’ to daughter Aspen, 10, and son Damien, 13.

DONAVON'S £18,600 A YEAR BEAUTY REGIME:

£300 a week on three different personal trainers = £15,600
£175 a month on his hair (cut, blow dry and colour) = £2,100
£50 a month on Ryanair flights from Sweden to England to get his hair done = £600
£7 a month on mud masks from Boots = £84
£18 a month on Clinique foam cleanser = £216.

Donovan said: "All the other dads at the children's school are younger than me, but I'm the only one who can do somersaults on the playground.

"I get chatted up a lot when I go out, which is very flattering.

"I never tell them my age, I just smile, but it keeps my wife on her toes when she sees these young girls flirting with me.

"It's all worth it because I can go to Ibiza and take my top off without being embarrassed."

Donovan had pec implants in 2012 and two bouts of liposuction in 2014, at a cost of £22,000.

He said: "There were some areas where I was working out but the fat just wasn't coming off.

"There's only so much a surgeon can do and the rest is down to you.”

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The couple have been together for 17 years, and Donavon is only 10 years older than Anna’s mum.

She said: "He has so much charisma and everybody loves him.

"We meet in the middle - he tries to stay young and I have made older friends.

"I have a lovely husband, and he looks fantastic."

Donavon and Anna now live in Sweden, miles away from any shops, restaurants or ‘temptation’.

He runs a £1,500-a-week ‘fitness prison’, where guests train up to three times a day for anything from one week to six months.

Donavon said: "It's in the middle of nowhere so people can fight their demon calories without any temptation."